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A top Brazilian official has declared that the South American bloc Mercosur is ready to close the trade agreement with the EU, but the talks have broken down again due to the unwillingness of the European Commission.

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Keeping a promise made earlier this year, the fast-food giant McDonald's announced Tuesday (Dec. 11) it has adopted a policy to reduce the use of medically important antibiotics across 85% of its global beef supply chain.

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The European Livestock and Meat Trades Union, known by its French acronym, UECBV, has backed the request by the US National Pork Producers Council to allow lactic and acetic acid rinses to be used to decontaminate pig cuts and carcasses in slaughterhouses.

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The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) has handed down a positive opinion on the controversial use of lactic and acetic acid rinses in slaughterhouses as decontaminants on pork carcasses and cuts, concluding that treatment “does not raise any safety concern.”

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The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) and European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) are warning that the EU’s progress in tackling zoonotic diseases – those transmitted from animals and animal products to humans – has stalled and the bloc needs to step up efforts to combat the problem.

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Policy-makers and retailers have underlined the potential of blockchain as a “promising way forward” for the agri-food sector, but farm representatives warned that “it is not a panacea that can solve all problems”.